Overall, in the DVD presentation, “Set-It-Off”, we see how the movie is about lives of four woman, Stoney, Frankie, T.T, and Cleo. The entire DVD shows how the environment factors, social influences, and inequalities drive individuals to engage. in criminal behavior. To bring the perspective of social structure and social process theories that goes together…

The social process theory that best explains Frankie’s decision to commit bank robbery is Travis’ Hirschi’s Social Bond Theory. According to Hirschi there are four elements to the social bond: commitment, attachment, involvement, and belief. At the beginning of the movie, Frabnmkie demonstrates commitment, working at her job that she loves. It didn’t seem that…

In this section, I will explain the theoretical application if a social structure theory. The social structure theory that best explains why the women committed the bank robbery is General Strain Theory. This theory, from Robert Agnew in 1992, by identifying the three sources of strain: there was removal of positively of positively valued stimuli,…

From the DVD presentation “Set-It-Off”, it begins with Frankie who works as a teller at a bank.  Later in the bank we see that she has been working there for two years and was recently promoted. Then a stranger walks in the door of the bank, but Frankie recognizes him as Darnell and greets him…